2 صَمُوئيل 17
| وَقَالَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ لأَبْشَالُومَ: «دَعْنِي أَخْتَارُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ لأَقُومَ وَأَتَعَقَّبَ بِهِمْ دَاوُدَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ، | ١ 1 |
Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night.
| فَأُهَاجِمَهُ وَهُوَ مُتْعَبٌ خَائِرُ الْقُوَى، فَأُثِيرُ الذُّعْرَ بَيْنَ رِجَالِهِ، فَيَنْفَضُّونَ مِنْ حَوْلِهِ، وَأَقْتُلُ الْمَلِكَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid. And all the people who are with him shall flee. And I will only smite the king,
| وَأَرُدُّ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ مَوْتَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي تَطْلُبُهُ مَعْنَاهُ رُجُوعُ الْجَمِيعِ لِلالْتِفَافِ حَوْلَكَ، ولا يَنَالُ الأَذَى أَيَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ». | ٣ 3 |
and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seek is as if all returned, so all the people shall be in peace.
| فَاسْتَحْسَنَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَقَادَةُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَذَا الرَّأْيَ. | ٤ 4 |
And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
| غَيْرَ أَنَّ أَبْشَالُومَ قَالَ: «اسْتَدْعُوا حُوشَايَ الأَرْكِيَّ لِنَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى مَا يَرْتَئِي». | ٥ 5 |
Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
| فَلَمَّا أَقْبَلَ حُوشَايُ أَطْلَعَهُ أَبْشَالُومُ عَلَى رَأْيِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ: «أَنَعْمَلُ بِرَأْيِهِ أَمْ لا؟ تَكَلَّمْ أَنْتَ». | ٦ 6 |
And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner. Shall we do after his saying? If not, speak thou.
| فَأَجَابَ حُوشَايُ: «مَشُورَةُ أَخِيتُوفَلَ لَيْسَتْ صَائِبَةً هَذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ»، | ٧ 7 |
And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
| ثُمَّ أَضَافَ: «أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ وَرِجَالَهُ هُمْ أَبْطَالٌ يَعْصِفُ بِهِمْ غَضَبٌ جَامِحٌ كَدُبَّةٍ مُتَوَحِّشَةٍ مُثْكِلٍ، وَأَنَّ أَبَاكَ رَجُلُ قِتَالٍ مُتَمَرِّسٌ لَا يَبِيتُ مَعَ قُوَّاتِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
Hushai said moreover, Thou know thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
| وَلَعَلَّهُ الآنَ مُخْتَبِئٌ فِي خَنْدَقٍ أَوْ مَكَانٍ آخَرَ. وَمَا إِنْ يُقْتَلُ بَعْضُ رِجَالِكَ فِي بَدْءِ الْحَرْبِ وَيَذِيعُ خَبَرُهُمْ حَتَّى يَشِيعَ أَنَّ جيْشَ أَبْشَالُومَ قَدْ كُسِرَ، | ٩ 9 |
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place. And it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.
| فَيَذُوبُ قَلْبُ مَنْ هُوَ فِي شَجَاعَةِ الأَسَدِ مِنْ رِجَالِكَ، لأَنَّ جَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ جَبَّارُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَنَّ رِجَالَهُ أَبْطَالٌ أَقْوِيَاءُ. | ١٠ 10 |
And even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt, for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
| لِهَذَا أَقْتَرِحُ أَنْ تُجَنِّدَ جَيْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلَّهُ مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، فَيَكُونُ عَدَدُهُ كَرَمْلِ الْبَحْرِ فِي الْكَثْرَةِ، وَتَقُودُهُمْ أَنْتَ إِلَى الْمَعْرَكَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
| ثُمَّ نُهَاجِمُ أَبَاكَ حَيْثُ هُوَ مُعَسْكِرٌ، وَنَسْقُطُ عَلَيْهِ كَتَسَاقُطِ النَّدَى عَلَى الأَرْضِ، فَنَقْضِي عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ رِجَالِهِ وَلا يَسْلَمُ أَحَدٌ مِمَّنْ مَعَهُ. | ١٢ 12 |
So we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.
| وَإذَا لَجَأَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ يُحَاصِرُ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَيَجُرُّونَهَا بِحِبَالٍ إِلَى الْوَادِي حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى لَهَا أَثَرٌ». | ١٣ 13 |
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river until there be not one small stone found there.
| فَقَالَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَسَائِرُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: «إِنَّ رَأْيَ حُوشَايَ الأَرْكِيِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ رَأْيِ أَخِيتُوفَلَ». لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُبْطِلَ مَشُورَةَ أَخِيتُوفَلَ الصَّائِبَةَ لِكَيْ يَحُلَّ الشَّرُّ بِأَبْشَالُومَ. | ١٤ 14 |
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
| وَأَبْلَغَ حُوشَايُ صَادُوقَ وَأَبِيَاثَارَ الْكَاهِنَيْنِ مَا أَشَارَ بِهِ أَخِيتُوفَلُ عَلَى أَبْشَالُومَ وَعَلى شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا أَطْلَعَهُمَا عَلَى مَا أَشَارَ هُوَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ: | ١٥ 15 |
Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus have I counseled.
| «وَالآنَ أَسْرِعَا بِإِبْلاغِ دَاوُدَ وَقُولا لَهُ: لَا تَبِتِ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي سُهُولِ الصَّحْرَاءِ، بَلِ اعْبُرِ النَّهْرَ، لِئَلّا يَتِمَّ ابْتِلاعُ الْمَلِكِ وَجَمِيعِ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ». | ١٦ 16 |
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Do not lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.
| وَكَانَ يُونَاثَانُ وَأَخِيمَعَصُ مُنْتَظِرَيْنِ عِنْدَ رُوجَلَ مُتَوَارِيَيْنِ عَنْ أَعْيُنِ الرُّقَبَاءِ. فَانْطَلَقَتْ جَارِيَةٌ وَأَخْبَرَتْهُمَا بِمَا يَجْرِي. وَإِذْ كَانَا مَاضِيَيْنِ لإِبْلاغِ دَاوُدَ | ١٧ 17 |
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En-rogel. And a maid-servant used to go and tell them, and they went and told king David, for they might not be seen to come into the city.
| شَاهَدَهُمَا غُلامٌ وَأَخْبَرَ أَبْشَالُومَ، فَأَسْرَعَا يَخْتَبِئَانِ فِي بَيْتِ رَجُلٍ فِي بَحُورِيمَ فِي بِئْرٍ فِي فِنَاءِ دَارِهِ. | ١٨ 18 |
But a lad saw them, and told Absalom. And they went away quickly, both of them, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a well in his court, and they went down there.
| وَأَخَذَتْ زَوْجَةُ الرَّجُلِ غِطَاءً وَوَضَعَتْهُ عَلَى فَمِ الْبِئْرِ، وَنَثَرَتْ عَلَيْهِ حُبُوباً لِتَجِفَّ، فَلَمْ يَشُكَّ أَحَدٌ أَنَّهُمَا فِي دَاخِلِ الْبِئْرِ. | ١٩ 19 |
And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain on it. And nothing was known.
| فَجَاءَ رِجَالُ أَبْشَالُومَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَسَأَلُوا الْمَرْأَةَ: «أَيْنَ أَخِيمَعَصُ وَيُونَاثَانُ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «قَدِ اجْتَازَا الْجَدْوَلَ وَذَهَبَا». وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَخْفَقُوا فِي الْعُثُورِ عَلَيْهِمَا رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٠ 20 |
And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
| وَبَعْدَ ذِهَابِ أَعْوَانِ أَبْشَالُومَ خَرَجَا مِنَ الْبِئْرِ وَمَضَيَا وَقَالا لِلْمَلِكِ دَاوُدَ: «قُومُوا مُسْرِعِينَ وَاجْتَازُوا النَّهْرَ، لأَنَّ هَكَذَا أَشَارَ أَخِيتُوفَلُ ضِدَّكُمْ». | ٢١ 21 |
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David. And they said to David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water, for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you.
| فَهَبَّ دَاوُدُ وَجَمِيعُ مَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ وَاجْتَازُوا نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ. وَمَا إِنِ انْبَلَجَ الصَّبَاحُ حَتَّى كانَ الْجَمِيعُ قَدْ عَبَرُوا إِلَى ضَفَّةِ النَّهْرِ الأُخْرَى. | ٢٢ 22 |
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who was not gone over the Jordan.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَأَى أَخِيتُوفَلُ أَنَّ مَشُورَتَهُ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ بِها، رَكِبَ حِمَارَهُ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فِي مَسْقَطِ رَأْسِهِ، ثُمَّ نَظَّمَ شُؤُونَ عَائِلَتِهِ، وَخَنَقَ نَفْسَهُ فَمَاتَ، وَدُفِنَ فِي قَبْرِ أَبِيهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and got home to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself. And he died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
| فَوَصَلَ دَاوُدُ مَحَنَايِمَ، كَمَا اجْتَازَ أَبْشَالُومُ الأُرْدُنَّ مَعَ جَمِيعِ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٤ 24 |
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
| وَعَيَّنَ أَبْشَالُومُ عَمَاسَا بَدَلَ يُوآبَ قَائِداً لِلْجَيْشِ. وَكَانَ عَمَاسَا ابْنَ رَجُلٍ يُدْعَى يِثْرَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّ الَّذِي تَزوَّجَ مِنْ أَبِيجَايِلَ بِنْتِ نَاحَاشَ، أُخْتِ صُرُوِيَّةَ أُمِّ يُوآبَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
And Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
| وَعَسْكَرَ أَبْشَالُومُ وَالإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ | ٢٦ 26 |
And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
| وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَ دَاوُدُ إِلَى مَحَنَايِمَ حَتَّى جَاءَ شُوبِي بْنُ نَاحَاشَ مِنْ رِبَّةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَمَاكِيرُ بْنُ عَمِّيئِيلَ مِنْ لُودَبَارَ، وَبَرْزَلايُ الْجِلْعَادِيُّ مِنْ رُوجَلِيمَ، | ٢٧ 27 |
And it came to pass, when David came to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
| وَقَدَّمُوا فَرْشاً وَطُسُوساً وَآنِيَةَ خَزَفٍ وَقَمْحاً وَشَعِيراً وَدَقِيقاً وَفَرِيكاً وَفُولاً وَعَدْساً وَحِمَّصاً مَشْوِيًّا، | ٢٨ 28 |
brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and roasted grain, and beans, and lentils, and roasted pulse,
| وَعَسَلاً وَزُبْدَةً وَغَنَماً وَجُبْنَ بَقَرٍ، لِدَاوُدَ وَلِلشَّعْبِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ لِيَأْكُلُوا قَائِلِينَ: «لابُدَّ أَنَّ الشَّعْبَ جَائِعٌ وَعَطْشَانُ وَخَائِرٌ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ». | ٢٩ 29 |
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat. For they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
